A company has the choice of either selling 1,000 unfinished units as is or completing them. The company could sell the unfinished units as is for $4.00 per unit. Alternatively, it could complete the units with incremental costs of $1.00 per unit for direct materials, $2.00 per unit for direct labor, and $1.50 per unit for overhead, and then sell the finished units for $8.00 each. What should the company do?

M. cotteleer electronics supplies microcomputer circuitry to a company that incorporates microprocessors into refrigerators and other home appliances. one of the components has an annual demand of 235 units, and this is constant throughout the year. carrying cost is estimated to be $1.25 per unit per year, and the ordering (setup) cost is $21 per order. a) to minimize cost, how many units should be ordered each time an order is placed? b) how many orders per year are needed with the optimal policy? c) what is the average inventory if costs are minimized? d) suppose that the ordering cost is not $21, and cotteleer has been ordering 125 units each time an order is placed. for this order policy (of q = 125) to be optimal, determine what the ordering cost would have to be.